Jon Kyl: “For 8 years, justice has been delayed for the victims of the 9/11 attacks.”

It makes our planning much more difficult.

Mr. Chairman, Representative Jacobs, the fact is that our current system has deteriorated and aged to the point that we wouldn't be confident in the deterrent value of it on out into the future.

The answer is yes, it's inadequate today.

The first thing we've got to do is have a conventional capability which is so dominant that no party would ever consider a nuclear attack against the United States.